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HELP What is the relationship between restriction endonucleases, recognition sites, and restriction digestion?

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Restriction digestion is accomplished by incubation of the target DNA molecule with restriction enzymes - enzymes that recognize and bind specific DNA sequences and cleave at specific nucleotides either within the recognition sequence or outside of the recognition sequence.
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